This 'little' piggy had no intention of going to market whatever the nursery rhyme might say.

The huge porker was caught on camera somehow getting its massive frame onto the top of the lorry taking it to be slaughtered.

First its head pops up, then it manages to prise its massive body onto the roof of the trailer before leaping overboard as the lorry travels at speed.

It hits the ground with a sickening thud and rolls several times at the side of the road before coming to a stop.

After a moment lying completely still, the pig rises to its feet, shakes itself down and wanders off into a roadside wood as the lorry driver continues on his way, little realising he has lost the bulk of his cargo.

The video was taken in South America by a passenger in a following car who can be heard shouting excitedly in Spanish at the pig's antics.